Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-07-07
Mr. R. E. Butterworth of Grand Rapids

Mr. r. +. Butterworth of Grand Rapids
will contribute $40, 900 toward the erection
of a city hospital, to be centrally located
and open to all persons who may require
assistance from such an institution. 1t is
a most generous offer, and Grand Rapids
should take advantage of II.
The Heaps patent earth closet company
Of Muskeson is new institution and the
largest of the kind I'm the United States.
1t has selling depots at New York, Chica-
go, Boston and Washington. and has al
ready obtained reputation that extends
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Dennis Clark of Niles township, Berrien
county, has lived there % years, and dur
ing that time has never been over four
miles away from home. The other day he
wanted to call on neighbor who had
lived within two miles of him for years,
and actually had to inquire the way.
Carlton |. Horton, one of the foremost
farmers of Atlas, Genesee county. was
found dead I'm a field on his farm few
days ago. 1t was probably case of heart
disease. He was As years old, and leaves
a wife and two sons just coming to man
hood. His sudden death is great shock
and grief to the community.
The travelling freight agents of the Unit
ed States will hold their annual business
meeting at the Elks' lodge in Detroit
August IL and IL. The former date will
be given up to business, and on the latter
there will be an excursion by water to Mt.
Clemens and dinner at the Avery house.
The agents will bring their families with
them.
Operations at the Jackson gas well have
been suspended until pip can be secured
to case off the flow of salt water. The
hole is now down l., $50 feet, ten feet of
which is in lime rock, which is good
sign for gas. The salt bearing rock passed
through was about fifty feet in thickness.
The new casing TO be put down will be
four and a quarter inches.
A man named Fred Finley, in the en-
ploy of Mrs. Hodges near Pontiac, was en-
gagged in digging ditch. One side of the
| ditch caved in, burying the unfortunate
man alive. son of Mrs. Hodges hap
pened that way in the afternoon and made
the discovery. and in short time the man
was dug out from under about four feet o.
dirt. He had been dead several hours when
rescued.
Four Englishman, named William KEEL
low, William Pengilly, James Wander
slyus and Paul Tasting, were instantly
killed at the Vulcan mine at Norway, the
other morning. They were coming out of
the mine in the cage when some men
above allowed the tram car TO get away
and go laundering down the shaft strik-
ing the cage. Kellow was single man,
aged Is. The others leave families.
The woman Nellie Harvey, who shot
and killed VIM. Denine at OtsegO Lake,
was tried at Gaylord i'm the circuit court
before Judge limerick. verdict of man
slaughter was rendered and the prisoner
sentenced to three years Imprisonment in
the Detroit house of correction. She is
only % years of age. Her husband is
serving a five years sentence in the state
prison for killing man in loscO county.
a fire started in the barn of Paul Schroff,
near Whitewood, which quickly communi'
Gated to his house six rods away, and both
were consumed with all their contents.
Both Mr.. SchrOH and his wife were away.
A neighbOr discovered the fire soon enough
to rescue two little girls who were in the
house and had hid away in bedroom in
their fright But for his opportune arrival
both would have persisted. A horse was
burned with the barn. The loss is not
one-thrd covered with insurance.
Articles of association have been filed
with the county clerk in East Saginaw,
for the Echo lake mining company. The
company is organized for the purpose of
developing and working Lake Superior iron
mines and has capital stock of $500, 900,
of which 500, 900 paid in. w. II. Burt,
is the principal stakeholder. The COM
pany owns 800, 900 acres of land on the
shores of Lake Superior, and prospecting
shows rich iron as we'll as groupings of
silver. Work will commence at once.
In 1850 little two-year old son of Hen
ry Keyser, while his mother was gathering
vegetables in the garden at her home in
Kenockee, ST. Clair county, walked out Of
the house and on to the railway track. Al
express train coming along struck the boy
and seriously injured him. twas claimed
at the time of the trial that if the railway
track had been fenced in the accident
would not have happened. The boy is
about years of age now and not particu-
larly bright, result of the accident. The
supreme court has just affirmed verdict
of $1,000 damages against the company.
The case has been fought through the
circuit and supreme courts twice.